Napoli vs Cagliari 2021-22 Italian Serie A

Napoli

11': Victor Osimhen
57': Lorenzo Insigne (P)

FT
2 - 0

Cagliari

Napoli cruise past Cagliari to continue perfect start to Serie A season

Napoli eased to a 2-0 win at home to Cagliari on Sunday to notch up a sixth consecutive Serie A victory and return to the top of the table.

Match Commentary

11': Goal! Napoli 1, Cagliari 0. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
45': Second Half begins Napoli 1, Cagliari 0.
57': Goal! Napoli 2, Cagliari 0. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
59': Sebastian Walukiewicz (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
68': Substitution, Cagliari. Keita Baldé replaces Alessandro Deiola.
68': Substitution, Cagliari. Luca Ceppitelli replaces Sebastian Walukiewicz.
69': Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
69': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.
76': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen.
77': Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
85': Substitution, Cagliari. Gastón Pereiro replaces Charalampos Lykogiannis.
85': Substitution, Cagliari. Alberto Grassi replaces Kevin Strootman.
88': Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Fabián Ruiz.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 18,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+27	Internazionale	21	49	4
+18	AC Milan	21	46	1
+14	Napoli	21	43	4
+14	AS Roma	21	42	7

Full Table

Statistics

CAG		NAP
10	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	6
5	Saves	1
31.6	Possession	68.4
6	SHOTS	17
1	ON GOAL	7
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
266	Accurate Passes	688
333	Passes	740
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
4	Accurate Crosses	1
14	Crosses	15
0.3	Cross %	0.1
48	Long Balls	35
24	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.5	Long Balls %	0.7
3	Blocked Shots	2
4	Effective Tackles	6
13	Tackles	9
0.3	Tackle %	0.7
14	Interceptions	7
16	Effective Clearances	14
16	Clearances	14

Line-Ups

Napoli (4-3-3)

No.	Name
25	David Ospina (GK)
26	Kalidou Koulibaly
13	Amir Rrahmani
6	Mário Rui
22	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
8	Fabián Ruiz
20	Piotr Zielinski
99	Frank Anguissa
9	Victor Osimhen
24	Lorenzo Insigne
21	Matteo Politano

Substitutes:

Kostas Manolas, Juan Jesus, Davide Marfella, Adam Ounas, Hirving Lozano, Diego Demme, Alessandro Zanoli, Alex Meret, Andrea Petagna, Dries Mertens, Kévin Malcuit, Eljif Elmas.

Cagliari (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
28	Alessio Cragno (GK)
2	Diego Godín
40	Sebastian Walukiewicz
4	Martín Cáceres
25	Gabriele Zappa
8	Razvan Marin
14	Alessandro Deiola
16	Kevin Strootman
10	João Pedro
22	Charalampos Lykogiannis
18	Nahitan Nández

Substitutes:

Boris Radunovic, Luca Ceppitelli, Gastón Pereiro, Keita Baldé, Andrea Carboni, Christian Oliva, Simone Aresti, Raoul Bellanova, Giorgio Altare, Alberto Grassi, Leonardo Pavoletti.